Paul Ryan papers, 1931-2009

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Series 4: Organizational Records, 1968-1996

1.2 linear feet

Boxes 10-11, 20, OV 21

Organizational records include writings, correspondence, printed material, financial records, grant proposals, and other records concerning various organizations, collectives, and companies in which Ryan participated, mostly having to do with environmental advocacy, video production, or a combination of the two. Organizations with substantial records in this series include the Earth Environmental Group, the Earthscore Foundation, Environment '89 (and '90, '91, and '92), the Gaia Institute, Raindance Corporation, Responsive Environments Corporation, and Space Videoarts.

Documentation of the organization the Earthscore Foundation includes financial records, by-laws, writings, grant proposals, and printed material. Writings outline Ryan's Earthscore Notational System, among other projects. Grant proposals also contain significant description of the organization's projects. Gaia Institute records include mainly writings and notes, including a proposal for a conference series, "Professionals for the Earth."

Raindance Corporation records include a partial transcript of a 1970 interview with Ryan, excerpts of which appeared in the 2nd issue of

Radical Software

magazine, an essay about the video "Supermarket," flyers, lists of Raindance video productions, and exhibition announcements from a 1991 retrospective at the Whitney museum. A single contact sheet is unlabeled but contains photographs of Ryan, Buckminster Fuller, and possibly David Cort and Ira Schneider.

Responsive Environments Corporation records contain notes and writings produced by Ryan on potential commercial and educational uses for video, written in 1968 and 1969. Space Videoarts records include correspondence, financial records, grant proposals for start up funding, and a proposal for an ecological cable channel written by Ryan which is an early iteration of his work on what he later called eco-channel design.

Series is arranged alphabetically by organization name. Additional Raindance Corporation is filed in series 7, Printed Materials. Additional material related to Earthscore and other environmental organizations is found in series 3, Writings, and series 5, Project files.

Description

Container

Earth Environmental Group, circa 1975-1992

10

36-37

Earthscore Foundation

Bank Records, 1974-1976, 1984

10

38-39

By-Laws, 1976, circa 1974

10

40

Correspondence, circa 1974-1982

10

41

Environmental Education Programs, circa 1984-1996

See also series 6, Teaching Files

10

42

Grant Proposals, circa 1974-1976

10

43-44

Grant Proposals, circa 1983-1986

10

45-46

Insurance, 1975-1977

10

47

Notebook, circa 1976

10

48

Poster and Clipping, 1975

Oversized poster moved to OV 21.

10

49

Receipts, 1974-1976

11

1

Tax Records, 1975-1985

11

2

Writings, circa 1973-1992

11

3-5

Environment '89 - Environment '92, 1989-1991

11

6-7

Frisco Bay Mussel Group, 1977

11

8

Gaia Institute

Correspondence and Writings, 1985-1987

11

9

Formalizing Statement, 1985

11

10

Gaia Curriculum Notes, 1985

11

11

Notes, 1986-1987

11

12-14

Printed Material, circ 1985-1994

Oversized material in Box 20.

11

15

Professionals for the Earth Proposal, 1986

11

16

Hudson Valley Meetings, 1986-1987

11

17

Multimedia Access and Study Center (Kingston, NY), 1995

11

18

Raindance Corporation

See also series 7, Printed Materials.

Flyers and Catalogs, 1970-1991

11

19

Photographs (contact sheet), circa 1970

11

20

"Supermarket" Essay, circa 1983

11

21

"Techniques" Interview with Paul Ryan, 1970

11

22

Responsive Environments Corporation, 1968-1969

11

23

Space Videoarts, 1971-1973

11

24-25

Oversized Gaia Institute Printed Material from Box 11, folder 15

20

Oversized Earthscore Poster from Box 10, folder 49

OV 21

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